” This is why cross-deputizing OHP officers was a brilliant move. “
Haven’t figured that one out yet. Breaking federal law is a crime to state authorities anyway.
Guess what happens when you strike a FEDERAL officer? Or you’re arrested by the feds for rioting? You get prosecuted by the feds and totally bypass that limp-wristed county district attorney who’s dismissing all the local charges.
Local authorities are taken out of the picture.
Yes, but when you assault a “federal” officer you get to go to federal court and the local DA can’t drop the charges. Lots of state crimes can now become federal crimes when the “federal” officer is the recipient of the force/assault, failure to obey, attempting to flee etc.
Not if the local DA refuses to prosecute. This opens up the federal courts.
But state authorties, or county authorites, or city authorties are not accusing them of federal crimes and releasing them the next day. That’s why OHP can arrest, detain and hand them straight over to federal authortities.